Florida Statutes Part III - Types Of Guardianship (Ss. 744.301-744.3085)

• 744.301 - Natural Guardians.
  (1) The parents jointly are the natural guardians of their own children and of their adopted children, during minority, unless the parents’ parental rights have been...
• 744.3021 - Guardians Of Minors.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (4), upon petition of a parent, brother, sister, next of kin, or other person interested in the welfare of a...
• 744.3025 - Claims Of Minors.
  (1)(a) The court may appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the minor’s interest before approving a settlement of the minor’s portion of the claim in...
• 744.3031 - Emergency Temporary Guardianship.
  (1) A court, prior to appointment of a guardian but after a petition for determination of incapacity has been filed pursuant to this chapter, may appoint...
• 744.304 - Standby Guardianship.
  (1) Upon a petition by the natural guardians or a guardian appointed under s. 744.3021, the court may appoint a standby guardian of the person or...
• 744.3045 - Preneed Guardian.
  (1) A competent adult may name a preneed guardian by making a written declaration that names such guardian to serve in the event of the declarant’s...
• 744.3046 - Preneed Guardian For Minor.
  (1) Both parents, natural or adoptive, if living, or the surviving parent, may nominate a preneed guardian of the person or property or both of the...
• 744.306 - Foreign Guardians.
  (1) When the residence of a ward of a foreign guardian is moved to this state, the guardian shall, within 60 days after such change of...
• 744.307 - Foreign Guardian May Manage The Property Of Nonresident Ward.
  (1) A guardian of the property of a nonresident ward, duly appointed by a court of another state, territory, or country, who desires to manage any...
• 744.308 - Resident Guardian Of The Property Of Nonresident Ward.
  (1) The court may appoint a person qualified under s. 744.309 as guardian of a nonresident ward’s property upon the petition of a foreign guardian, next...
• 744.3085 - Guardian Advocates.
  A circuit court may appoint a guardian advocate, without an adjudication of incapacity, for a person with developmental disabilities if the person lacks the capacity...

Last modified: September 23, 2016